From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2005-12-24, Mike Dickson  wrote:   
   > In article  marcov@stack.nl wrote...   
   >   
   >> To my knowledge, plagiarism is not theft at all. E.g. something can be in   
   the   
   >> public domain, and you can still plagiate it.   
   >>   
   >> Please don't fall for the silly one liners of the Hollywood mob. If   
   >> something has different definitions in law texts, it is for good reasons,   
   >> and equating everything with either theft or (mass)murder is ridiculous.   
   >   
   > Okay, so how about calling it 'intellectually dishonest' instead?   
      
   I prefer keeping plagiarism simply "plagiarism". If "plagiarism" is too   
   complicated for people, then intellectually dishonest is also (aside from   
   the awful vagueness of the term)   
      
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